France arrests seven to foil extremist attack plot

French police have arrested seven people in Strasbourg and Marseille, foiling a “long-planned” extremist attack, the country’s interior minister said Monday. Authorities conducted raids in the cities overnight Saturday, arresting suspects of French, Moroccan and Afghan origin between the ages of 29 and 37, after an eight-month investigation. Bernard Cazeneuve, speaking at a televised news conference,…